RegistrationNew students may register at the beginning of their initial semester, but all continuing students must register for classes during advance registration in the middle of the prior semester (November and March). Timely registration is the students' responsibility. Late registration occurs any time after advance registration, and the student is billed $25.00 for lateness. All students are required to be continuously registered while in graduate school, except under the following exceptional circumstances: 1) A student takes a leave of absence (Ph.D. candidates on dissertation are not permitted unless for medical or military reasons). The exception is Family Leave Policy http://www.upenn.edu/grad/familyfriendlyp.html 2) A student withdraws from the School (Ph.D. candidates on dissertation are not permitted). 3) Unclassified students are automatically allowed up to a one-year period between registrations. 4) Students who have completed all their degree requirements, including the submission of a thesis/dissertation (if required) before the beginning of the following semester, may petition the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for their exemption from registration for the following semester. Students with no exceptional circumstances and who do not register each semester are dropped from the rolls of Penn Engineering. Students will register using Penn InTouch; https://sentry.isc.upenn.edu/intouch/ Students registering for
Master's Thesis (990) or Ph.D.Dissertation (995) must get the “Permit
to Register” form approved by their advisor
and returned to 111 Towne. 990 Registration To be eligible to register for 990, a Master degree student must have completed 10 courses and only need to complete the writing of his/her Master’s thesis or to allow the completion of any incompletes. A student is allowed to take 990, which carries full-time status with 0 credit units, only once.
995 Registration To be eligible to register for 995, a Ph.D. student must have completed the equivalent of four years of full-time study or equal to 40 course units. If he or she came to Penn Engineering with a Master's degree, up to eight of those credits can be transferred to the Ph.D. program upon the approval of the Graduate Group Chair. A student may take 995, which also carries full-time status with 0 credit units, up to eight semesters. To request approval for additional semesters of dissertation registration, the student and Ph.D. advisor must submit a progress/status report to the Associate Dean. Course unit registration Maximum enrollment for the Master's program is 4 courses (a petition and satisfactory GPA are required for more than 4). Ph.D. students are permitted to register for 5 cus only when the fifth course is an audited course. Tuition is charged per course unit. Audits A student who desires to attend a course without performing the work of the course must first secure the consent of the instructor. He or she must register as an auditor. Auditors pay the regular tuition charges, but receive no credit for the course. Assignments and exams are not required if properly registered and the instructor is notified.
Students may add or drop a course only during the first two weeks of each semester. Tuition will be automatically refunded for a dropped course only if the course is dropped during the first two weeks of the semester. Refunds for tuition for courses dropped after the first two weeks of the semester but before the end of the fifth week of the semester can occur only after petitioned approval of the student's Graduate Group Chair and the Associate Dean at the following percentages: 3rd week (75%), 4th week (50%), 5th week (25%). A student may not drop
a course if it is the only course for which he or she is registered.
After the two-week period,
a student may withdraw from a course with permission of the program’s
Graduate Chair, before the end of that term. A form for requesting
withdrawal can be obtained from the Office of Academic Programs
or online. After the drop/add/change period is over, a student may withdraw from a course by petition. The student should submit the form entitled, "Petition for Withdrawal from a Course." A "W" will appear on your transcript for the course. Academic Standing for Degree Candidates A minimum GPA of 2.7 for Master's students must be maintained in order to be considered in good academic standing. If this minimum is not maintained, academic probation or dismissal from the program will be invoked. A 2.7 final GPA must be achieved to graduate in all situations. (Effective Fall 2007 class) A minimum GPA of 3.0 for Ph.D. students must be maintained in order to be considered in good academic standing. If this minimum is not maintained, academic probation or dismissal from the program will be invoked. A 3.0 final GPA must be achieved to graduate in all situations. The grading scale is as follows:
The Pass/Fail option is
NOT permitted for graduate students. The mark of "S" is
used to indicate Satisfactory performance and the mark of "U"
is used to indicate Unsatisfactory performance in a course taken
as thesis/dissertation research (999). Graduation may not be postponed for grade improvement if all other graduation criteria are met. If a grade of "D" or "F" is received in a core or required course, which prevents graduation, the student has three options (Effective FA02 class):
Incompletes, NR (No Report), and Failures The mark of "I" is used to designate an Incomplete, "NR" for No Report (no grade submitted), and "GR" (student was not present in class though enrolled). These marks will remain as permanent grades until a Change of Grade is submitted by the instructor of the course for the completion of the requirements. Master’s students will be permitted to graduate with a failure, "F" grade but must attain all course requirements. An “F” grade will not count towards the course requirements(Effective FA98 class). No grade lower than a “C-” will be counted in courses designated as “core” courses or those courses must be retaken. Created by Elizabeth Gentner, January 15,
2003
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